Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	77.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	310% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201102
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 19:35
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 158 2-Core 313 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 1,206 105% 895 Pts	64-Core 2,114 131% 2,114 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 97.4 Parallax 88.5 80% 94.8 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 90.1 Splatting 76.9 71% 87.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1407 1278 1276 1185 1149 1113 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2,485 Write 2,279 Mixed 1,552 SusWrite 1,234 422% 1,888 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 82.7 272% 95 MB/s	DQ Read 1,279 DQ Write 999 DQ Mixed 1,136 851% 1,138 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 372%
T-force 512GB 512GB 4,987 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 395GB free Firmware: S1230A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 446 441 438 438 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 442 Mixed 418 SusWrite 443 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 29 136% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 48.4 100% 199 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 189 190 189 189 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 169 Mixed 118 SusWrite 189 127% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer GD2.1527WC.001 2x8GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 23.9 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 28.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 99%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING - $320

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,357x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,465x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,056x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,739x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,078x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,348x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	821x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	521x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	369x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	305x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,675

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16